英語寫作的常用諺語
Don''t count your chicken before they are hatched. 不要過早樂觀。
Don''t climb a tree to look for fish. 勿緣木求魚。
Don''t cross the bridge till you get to it. 不要杞人憂天。
Don''t fly till you wings are feathered. 羽毛未豐不要飛。
Don''t cry out before you are hurt. 還沒受苦，就別叫苦。
Don''t halloo till you are out of the wood. 沒有脫離危險不要先歡呼。
Don''t have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain. 切莫臨時抱佛腳。
Don''t keep all your eggs in one basketball.勿孤注一擲。
Don''t put off till tomorrow what should be done today. 今日事，今日畢。
Don''t speak all you know, but know all you speak. 不要盡言所知，而要盡知所言。
Don''t teach your grandmother to suck eggs. 休要班門弄斧。
Don''t throw out your dirty water before you get in fresh. 清水未打來，贓水莫倒掉。
Don''t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. 不要自尋煩惱。
Don''t whistle until you are out of the wood. 沒有脫離險境，不要過早高興。
Do one''s level best. 盡力而為。
Dot the i''s and cross the t''s. 一點一劃，循規(guī)蹈矩。
Doubt is the key of knowledge. 懷疑乃知識的鑰匙。
Do well is better than say well. 說得好不如做得好。
Downy lips make thoughtless slips. 嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢。
Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed. 事未齊備，切莫妄動。
Draw water with a sieve. 竹籃子打水一場空。
Dream are lies. 夢不足信。
Dreams go by ￥contraries. 夢想總與現(xiàn)實相反。
Every dog is a lion at home. 夜郎自大。
Every dog is valiant at his won door. 狗在家門前條條都兇悍。
Every door may be shut but death''s door. 除了死門外，每門都可關(guān)。
Every extremity is a fault. 萬事過分都差誤。
Every fool can find faults that wise man cannot remedy. 蠢人也能找出聰明人無法彌補的岔子來的。
Every heart has its own sorrow. 人人都有傷心處。
Every horse thinks his sack heaviest. 每疋馬認為自己馱的袋子重。
Every Jack has his Jill. 有情人終成眷屬。
Every little makes a mickle. 積少成多。
Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object. 情人眼里出西施。
Every man has a fool in his sleeve. 聰明一世，糊涂一時。
Every man has his faults. 人孰無過。
Every man has his hobby-horse. 人各有所好。
Every man has his liking. 人各有所好。
Every man has his weak side. 人人都有自己的弱點。
Every man is best know to himself. 自己最了解自己。
Every man has the defects of his qualities. 一個人的好品質(zhì)上也有不足之處。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每個人都是他自己命運的建誅師。
Every man is the master of his own fortune. 每個人都是他自己的命運的主宰。
Every man is the son of his own works. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
Every man thinks his own geese swans. 每個人都以為自己的東西了不起。
Every medal has its reverse. 事物都有它的反面。
Every mother''s child is handsome. 老王賣瓜，自賣自夸。
Everyone is dissatisfied with his own fortune. 人對自己的命運總不感滿足。
Every one''s faults are not written in their foreheads. 知人知面不知心。
Fast bind, fast find. 保存得好，東西好找。
Fasting comes after feasting. 今日有酒今日醉，明日無錢不揭鍋。
Fat hens lay few eggs. 肥雞不下蛋。
Faults are thick where love is thin. 一朝情意淡，樣樣不順眼。
Fear is often greater than the danger. 杞人憂天。
Fear not the future; weep not for the past. 不要為未來擔憂，不要為過去悲泣。
Feed a cold and starve a fever. 傷風(fēng)時宜吃，發(fā)熱時宜餓。
Feed a pig and you''ll have a hog. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
Feed by measure and defy physician. 飲食有節(jié)制，醫(yī)生無用處。
Few words are best. 少說為妙。
Few words, many deeds. 少說話，多做事。
Fine clothes make the man. 人要衣裝。
Fine feathers do not make fine birds. 人不可貌相。
Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣裝，佛要金裝。
Fine words butter no parsnips. 畫餅充饑。
Fine words dress ill deeds. 漂亮的言詞可以掩飾惡劣的`行為。
Finished labours are pleasant. 大功告成，好不高興。
Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters. 水火是忠仆，造災(zāi)成元兇。
Fire proves gold, adversity proves men. 烈火顯真金，逆境識英雄。
Fire that''s closest kept burns most of all. 關(guān)得最緊的火，燃燒得最熾烈。
Fire, water, and money are good servants, but bad masters. 水火金錢是忠仆，使用不當是禍首。
First catch your hare, then cook him. 不要謀之過早。
First come, first served. 先來先賣。
First impressions are most lasting. 最初的印象最為持久。
Good to begin well, better to end well. 善始好，善終更好。
Good watch prevents misfortune. 有備無患。
Good wine needs no bush. 酒好客自來。
Good wine needs no cries. 好酒無需叫賣。
Good words and ill deeds decieve wise men and fools. 話好行為劣，欺騙智和愚。
Good words without deeds are rushes and reeds. 光說好話而不見行動，一文不值。
Gossiping and lying go hand in hand. 搬事弄非者，必是撒謊人。
Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark. 早睡早起。
Govern your thoughts when alone, and your tongue when in company. 一人獨處慎于思，與人相處慎于言。
Grain by grain and hen fills her belly. 一粒一粒啄米，母雞填飽肚皮。
Grasp all, lose all. 貪多必失。
Grasp the nettle and it won''t sting you. 困難像彈簧，你硬它就軟。
Grasp the shadow and let go the substance. 舍本逐末。
Grasp the thistle firmly. 毅然處理困難局面。
Great barkers are no biters. 吠犬不咬。
Great boast, small roast. 說得天花亂墜，成事微乎其微。
Great designs require great consideration. 宏偉的計劃須要慎重考慮。
Greatest genius often lies concealed. 大智若愚。
Great hopes make great man. 大希望造就大人物。
Great men are not always wise. 偉大的人物未必總是英明的。
Great men have great faults. 偉人也會鑄大錯。
Great minds think alike. 英雄所見略同。
Great oaks from little acorns grow. 萬丈高樓平地起。
He lives long that lives well. 活得好等于活得長。
He lives twice who lives well. 生活得好的等于生活了兩次。
He may well be contented who need neither borrow nor flatter. 一個既不用借債又不用奉承人的人，可以稱得上心滿意足。
He most lives who lives most for others. 活著對別人貢獻最多的人，活得最有意義。
He must needs go whom the devil drives. 勢在必行。
He must needs swim that is held up by the chin. 身不由己，只得從命。
He preaches best who lives best. 言教不如身教。
He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims ignorance. 夸耀知識實乃無知。
He that cannot ask cannot live. 不會求者不會生。
He that climbs high falls heavily. 爬得高，跌得重。
He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it. 做賊心虛。
He that converses not knows nothing. 不和人交談的人一無所知。
He that deceives me once, shame fall him, if he deceives me twice, shame fall me. 受騙一次，別人可恥;受騙二次，自己該死。
He that doth lend, doth lose his friend. 失友都因借錢起。
He that doth most at once doth least. 想一次做完什么事，結(jié)果一件也做不完。
He that doth what he will doth not what he ought. 為其所欲為者不為其所當為。
He that falls today may be up again tomorrow. 今天跌倒的人也許明天會站起來。
He that fears death lives not. 怕死者活不了。